General Hospitality Administration/Management at University of Central Florida

What traits are you looking for in a hotel and restaurant management school? To help you decide if University of Central Florida is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's hotel and restaurant management program.

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 68,475 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 504 hotel and restaurant management majors received their bachelor's degree from UCF.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Hospitality Administration/Management section at the bottom of this page.

UCF General Hospitality Administration/Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management
• Master’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management
• Doctorate Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management

Online Classes Are Available at UCF

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UCF does offer online courses in hotel and restaurant management for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UCF General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hotel and restaurant management progam at UCF compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The hotel and restaurant management major at UCF is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Hospitality Administration/Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools	3
Most Popular General Hospitality Administration/Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused General Hospitality Administration/Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	6
Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Most Focused General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools	29
Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools	47

In 2019, 89 students received their master’s degree in hotel and restaurant management from UCF. This makes it the #2 most popular school for hotel and restaurant management master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in hotel and restaurant management, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Hotel & Restaurant Management Student Demographics at UCF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the hotel and restaurant management majors at University of Central Florida.

UCF General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Program

The hotel and restaurant management program at UCF awarded 504 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 34% of these degrees went to men with the other 66% going to women. The typical hotel and restaurant management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UCF since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management at UCF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Florida with a bachelor's in hotel and restaurant management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	105
White	308
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

UCF General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 89 students graduated with a master's degree in hotel and restaurant management from UCF. About 30% were men and 70% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Florida with a master's in hotel and restaurant management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	43
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UCF also has a doctoral program available in hotel and restaurant management. In 2019, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Restaurant/Food Services Management
• Meeting and Event Planning

Careers That Hotel & Restaurant Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in hotel and restaurant management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Food Service Managers	15,260	$61,160
Lodging Managers	3,150	$63,970

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.